Marwan Barghouti brutally assaulted in Israeli prison, family told

Prominent Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti has been “brutally” assaulted by Israeli prison guards, according to information relayed to his family.

The account passed to them claimed that part of Barghouti’s ear had been cut off, and that his ribs, fingers and teeth were broken during repeated rounds of beatings.

Arab Barghouti, Marwan's son, told Middle East Eye that the family learnt of the assault through a phone call from a man who identified himself as a recently released Palestinian prisoner. 

He said his father’s condition was described as “extremely difficult and very dangerous”.

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